CogSci, Knitting, and Other Shenanigans

Hello wonderfuls! Pardon the lack of posts. I really need to work on this. Okay … so my thoughts. Less than a month until I turn 20. Ahhh! It’s hard to believe. Anyway, I got sick at the beginning of the week. I think it’d a chest cold. Ew. I’ve been fairly busy though … but not with schoolwork (bad me!) Instead, I’ve been coloring … check it out!

I have a midterm on Friday, and I have two next week on Thursday. Wish me luck, as I think I’ll be needing it. Now I have to go play catch-up. ‘Til later, enjoy a meme!

Here are the current top 50 books from http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com. Bold the books you have read. Italicise the books you might read. Cross out the books you probably won’t read. Pass it on:

Yesterday, (Gemma) pointed out an article from last year. In it, researchers indicated that January 24th is the most depressing day of the year. I might agree that they’re not far off. I was feeling crappy last night, and I just feel kinda sick and sore today. Not to mention my research question and annotated bibliography for MMW 5 (Making of the Modern World, ERC core sequence) is due today. At 5 PM. I should be fine, but I haven’t been to any of my lectures today. I feel kinda guilty. And I feel like I shouldn’t have procrastinated. However, I also feel like this school should not be trying to take my life. Err … slaughter me, perhaps? Alas. I’ll just have to talk to my friends and get notes. I’ll live. But I still have some revisions on one of my bibliography entries to do. Ew.

Plug of the day:http://www.pandora.com/ – it’s like a musical conversation; you enter an artist that you like; they give you artists and songs like it 🙂 I’m tuned to “Matt Nathanson Radio” right now.

By the way, if you were wondering, the day went well. Nothing to dramatic. Meetings, lots of waiting. It could be a long, but interesting quarter. I’m hoping to get my sleep schedule back on track, too. 🙂 Well, we’ll see! XOXO

I repeated a few movies … too many good lines not to pass up … that, and do I really have 15 good movies? with quotes?

1. “Well that’s what we do, we fight … You tell me when I am being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when you are a pain in the ass.” — The Notebook ( & )
2. “That’s an all service woman you got there.” — Rent ()
3. “Darling, nothing is final ’til you’re dead, and even then, I’m sure God negotiates.” — Ever After ()
4. “Worse than the total agony of being in love?” — Love Actually ( & )
5. “Technically, it’s a ferret.” — Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire ( & )
6. “If you win 20 in the show, you can let the fungus grow back and the press’ll think you’re colorful. Until you win 20 in the show, however, it means you are a slob.” — Bull Durham ( & )
7. “I’m allergic to fabric softener, and I majored in comparative literature at Brown. I hate anchovies and I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met.” — The Wedding Date ()
8. “I’m not a witch, I’m your wife. And after what you just said, I’m not even sure I want to be that any more.” — The Princess Bride ()
9. “This isn’t a tale of heroic feats. It’s about two lives running parallel for a while, with common aspirations and similar dreams.” — Motorcycle Diaries ()
10. “I didn’t recognize you without the handcuffs.” — Rent ()
11. “No I’m sorry baby, please just get in.” — The Notebook ( & )
12. “I thought her a mere social climber, but now I see she’s a mountaineer.” — Vanity Fair ()
13. “My way’s not very sportsman-like.” — The Princess Bride ( & )
14. “There was more than one lobster present at the birth of Jesus?” — Love Actually ( & )
15. “Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!” — Monty Python & the Holy Grail ()

So, first post of the new year, I believe. I’m a little amazed that it’s 2006, but that just seems to mirror the quickness of my life … and so many others, too. Change, change, change. It’s good, but sometimes I wish I could stay in some moments forever. That, however, would be rather unhealthy, and it’s better that I not do something like that.

Petal Pushers was fun. I think that this was the last year I will be decorating Rose Bowl floats for a while, and frankly, I’m going to miss it. There are always other things to move on to, though, and I intend to find them. Now, I just need to motivate myself to work on my study abroad essays. I also need to get my books. Enough dawdling. I go back on the 8th, but hopefull I’ll post before then.